Frankfurt is a diverse city with unique flavors not typically found in other parts of Germany. While exploring the city it’s worth tasting out the city’s favorite dishes and drinks as locals have their own take on traditional tastes.

Order the local’s favorite sauce, the Frankfurter Grüne Soße. It’s a lighter meal and made from a blend of seven chopped herbs, such as parsley, chives, watercress, borage, tarragon, lemon balm, basil, spinach, and dill. Additional ingredients include mayonnaise, yoghurt, sour cream or quark cheese. The sauce is then poured over boiled eggs and potatoes or sometimes served with beef and fish dishes.

The Italian Family Bolongaro introduced the sauce in Frankfurt in the 1700’s. Germans modified their recipe for “Salsa Verde” by adding sour cream and egg yolks thus creating what the Grüne Soße is now. It grew in popularity and today the European Union even regulates the authenticity of all dishes labeled “Grüne Soße” by checking which herbs were used and matching the percentages to official recipes; 70% of the herbs used in the sauce come from Frankfurt or its surrounding region.